"Peking Man," a cave man once thought a great hunter who had first tamed fire, actually was a composite of the gnawed remains of some fifty women, children, and men unfortunate enough to have been the
Archaeologists based in the US, Ukraine, and Britain report on expeditions in Jordan in 1993 and 1994. They say that the biologic data suggest that Neanderthals were an offshoot of the human lineage,
Reprinted in paper to mark the 50th anniversary of the Piltdown hoax's exposure in the Bulletin of the British Museum , this edition includes a new introduction and afterword by Chris Stringer, head
A guide to the earliest humans, including what defines a human, how humans developed over time, what prehistoric humans' daily lives were like, and how scientists have learned about them.
Children are very curious about who their prehistoric ancestors were, how they lived, and what they may have looked like, and this new Best Book is just the source to satisfy emerging anthropologists
Ancestral koalas, carnivorous kangaroos, rhinoceros-sized Diprotodons, bizarre 'thingadontans', marsupial lions, primitive bats, toothed baleen whales: The Prehistoric Mammals of Australia and New Gui
Describes bog mummies, some of the most famous bog mummies and where they have been found, how bog creates mummies, how scientists study them, and what they can teach us about the past.
From cave paintings to the latest Siberian finds, woolly mammoths have fascinated people across Europe, Asia, and North America for centuries. Remains of these enormous prehistoric animals were among
"'Garniss, lend me your knife for a second, will you,' I whispered." So begins Java Man, the inside story of how one discovery—a human skull found on the island of Java—by two geologists shook the fou
This volume brings together a series of papers that address the topic of reconstructing behavior in the primate fossil record. Here is offered a review of broad issues related to reconstructing vari
Contains 34 contributions which resulted from a November 1995 conference in Tokyo, divided into sections on issues of evolution and chronology, cultural interpretations and subsistence strategies in a
Forbidden Archeology's Impact offers readers an inside look at how mainstream science reacts with ridicule, threats and intimidation to any challenge to its deeply held beliefs.
Did you know...that wooly mammoths were plant eaters?that they lived during the Ice Age, protected by their thick coats and layers of fat?that their bones were used to make shelters, jewelry and even
Until recently, Cuvier (1769-1832) has been remembered chiefly for being on the losing side of two great scientific debates: he opposed the biological theory of evolution, and he championed the geolog
"Fascinating. . . .??As engaging an explanation of how scientists study fossil bones as any I have ever read." --John R. Alden, Philadelphia InquirerIn 1984 a team of paleoanthropologists on a dig in
A reference-text that compiles the published knowledge on fossil rodents from North America and presents it in a way that is accessible to paleontologists and mammalogists interested in evolutionary s
Johanson, the discoverer, in 1974, of "Lucy"--the oldest skelton of an erect-walking human yet found--reports the story of his internationally acclaimed find
